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Awards & Recognitions, College of Health Sciences, College of Nursing
Eight programs in the College of Nursing and two programs in the College of Health Sciences are ranked among the top 10, with a strong research showing for Rush Medical College.
Research
Misuse of sleep monitor data can worsen rather than solve people’s sleep problems, according to a new journal article by a sleep researcher at Rush University Medical Center.
Innovation, Patient Care
Orthopedic experts at Rush University Medical Center are the first in the Midwest to offer a new treatment using the first synthetic cartilage device approved by the FDA for patients suffering from painful arthritis at the base of the big toe.
Research
The first study of its kind designed to test the effects of a diet on the decline of cognitive abilities among a large group of individuals 65 to 84 years who currently do not have cognitive impairment will begin in January.
Research
Researchers have found that both African-American and Latino children have significantly higher rates of corn, shellfish and fish allergies compared to white children, confirming that race and ethnicity play an important role in how people are affected by food allergy.
Innovation, Patient Care
A surgeon at is the first to successfully treat a patient with inoperable, stage IV pancreatic cancer and partial kidney cancer using a tool that selectively kills cancerous tissue without harming healthy cells.
Innovation
Photoimmunotherapy blows up tumors, spares healthy cells By Charles Jolie Nov. 14, 2016 When Kerstin Stenson, MD, describes the innovative technique she is helping develop to fight cancer, it seems like she’s describing a Tom Clancy military espionage novel.
Patient Care
Rush is the first Chicago hospital and one of only two in Illinois to join a national movement to allow all patients direct, online access to their doctors’ notes.
Patient Care
Alzheimer’s disease experts at Rush discuss what Gene Wilder’s recent death from Alzheimer’s-related conditions tell us about the disease.
Careers
Two labor and delivery nurses discuss their work helping women through one of the most profound and vulnerable experiences of their lives.
